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A. G. WORTHINGTON- SCALE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT-:1, 1908.

Patented 861113. 28, 1909.

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W! T ESSES INVENTOR 0 I Aliomay ,A; G. WORTHINGTON.

. SCALE.

APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 1, 1908.

Patented Septj28, 1909.

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[N VEN TOR WITNESSES UNITED STATES Parana oiiFieE,

ALVA G. WORTHINGTON, OF DUQUOIN, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ann G. TORT'HIN G- 'TUN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Duquoin, 1n the county of'Perry and State, of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scales, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to scales and has for its object the provision of improved means for maintaining a balance and also for iiidii-atiiig the weight, being especially adapted for use in what are termed pull scales The construction and operation of my improved scales will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View, partly broken away, of .my improved scales; Fig. 2, an end view; Fig. 3, a horizontal sectional View on the line a: w of Fig. 2; Fig. i, a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of the liquid-brake; and Fig. 5, a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

1. indicates the base of my improved scales, and 2 an upright casing mounted at one end of the base. The paitform 3 is mounted on a supporting bar 1 having a plunger 5 secured to its lower end mounted, in a tubular guide-casing (3. Bar -1 is pivotally secured to rod 7 intermediate of its ends, and one end of the rod is pivotally secured to support 8, secured to base 1, while the other end of the rod is provided with a hook '9. The upper end of casing 2 is formed cylindrical, shown at 10, and is provided with an elongated openingll, through which may be read the weight indicated on the surface of roller 12, journaled in the ends of cylindrical casing 10.

13 indicates a frame consisting of two vertical bars 14, spaced apart and joined. at their lower ends by a cross-bar 15 and a cross-bar 1" intermediate of their ends, while their upper ends are joined by a horizontal bar 17, extending beyond the bars 11, formingarms that have their ends turned upwardly,

as shown at 18, and provided with rackfalls 11).

20 indicates pinious secured to the trunnioiis 21 of roller 12 that mesh with racks 19.

22 indicates a tubular guide secured to n-' -4) 109i 1 .-s lt b 1 casin s, an -o .i 10L sctmci 0 cioss a1 10, having a plunger 21 thereon mounted in a ccom pai'iying,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 28, 1909'. Application ,filed October 1, 1908. Serial No. 455,608.

said guide :22. The horizontal bar 17 is formed with an eye 25 large enough in diametcr toslide on the guide 22, the purpose of said construct-ion being to keep the frame 13 at in a vertical position and the racks 19 and pinions 20 in engagement. 1

26 indicates a chain or other flexible deice'that engages hook 9, so that the downward movement of the platform 3 imparts a downward pull on the frame 13 and rotates the roller 12 to indicate the weight, or, if desired, the surface of the roller maybe arranged to indicate the price of the amount' of the commodity weighed. One of the vertical bars 14 has a rack 27 thereon, and 28 indicates a gear-wheel journaled on easing 2 and meshing with said rack.

29 indicates a pendulum rod secured to gear wheel 28, and 30 a counterbalance weight adjustably secured to pendulum-rod 29 by means of set-screw 31.

32 indicates a cylinder secured to the bottom of easing 2'to contain any suitable liquid, and 33 a piston operating in said cylinder and connected to cross-bar 15 by means of piston-rod 34. Piston 33 is provided with openings 33 for the passage of the liquid therethrough controlled by a opt-off consisting of a sleeve 35 adjustably secured to piston-rod 31 by means of set screw 35 and having flanges 36 on its lower end corresponding to the shape of the openings 33*. This structure. constitutes a brake to retard the downward movement of frame 13 when weighing a commodity and its upward movement when the weight is removed, the rapidity of movement of the piston being regulated by the position of the cut-0tl relative to the openings 33 in the piston Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1' In a weighing apparatus, a roller suitably journaled, iiiions operatively secured to said roller, a raine having upright arms 0 formed with gear-racks meshing with said pinions, another gear-rack formed on the frame. a gear-wheel meshing with the last-5 lllelllliOllOd rack, a pendulum-rod secured td. a said gear-wheel, and a weight adjustably'; secured to said pendulum-rod, substantially! as shown and described.

2. In a weighing apparatus, a base, a easing mounted on the base, a tubular guide, secured to the base, a rod having a plunger mountediiisaid guide, a platform mounted on said rod ,a support mounted on the base,

' nailed and provided with the Weight-indicating characters, pins operatively connected to said roller and meshing with the racks on .e frame, a tubular gulde secured to the.

, rod secured to the frame and prowi'zh e plunger engaging said guide,

-' ing a 1iquid,.a piston in is'nona'od connecting shid rack in the side of said frame, a gear-Wheel journaled in said casing and engaglng'said rack, a, pendulum-rod secured to said gear-Wheel, 41nd a counterbalance-weight aidjustably seehred to said rod,

substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in presenee of two subscribing witnesses.

' ALVA G. VVORTHINGTON. Witnesses 2 -H. Won'rmne'ron, GUY \VOLFE. 

